duressor en · NOUN
Etymology
From duress + -or.
Meanings
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Someone who subjects another to duress.
if you will deliver me that piece of plate , now the duress is discharged ; and yet if it had been moved from the duressor , who had said at the first you shall take this peece of Plate , and make me a bond[…]
1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| duressors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |